Florid

Pronounced:
Floor - id


Definition:
Flowery


Meaning:
1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.

2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as a florid countenance.

3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as a florid style; florid eloquence.

4. (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; flowery or little ornamentations.


In a Sentence:
Your tie is too florid for the meeting. Perhaps you should wear a tie more suited for business.


Memory trick:
Flor - id

 

Flor reminds of flower
Listen to Pronunciation: Florid

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Rotundity

You sing a ditty about a rotundity object that taught us about gravity.

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An apple.

Rotundity means round.

The story goes:  A falling apple gave Newton the idea about gravity.

Rotundity

Pronounced:
Row - ton - dit - tee


Definition:
Round


Meaning:

1. The state or quality of being round; sphere; circularity.

2. Hence, completeness; entirety; roundness.


In a Sentence:
The rotundity of the light bulb lit up the room in a bright light.


Memory trick:
Rotund . ity

Rotund reminds of round
Synonym: plump

Listen to Pronunciation: Rotundity

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desiccate

Pronounced:
des - ee - kate


Definition:
To dry up


Meaning:
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as to desiccate fish or fruit.


In a Sentence:
You desiccate a flower. Now it looks very nice as a bookmark in your book.


Memory trick:
desic - cate

desic reminds of desert
a desert is very dry
Synonym: Dehydrate

Listen to Pronunciation: desiccate

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Descry

Pronounced:
dee - skreye


Definition:
To see something that was hard to see.


Meaning:
To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.


In a Sentence:
You Descry a book on your bookshelf. It was very hard to see, but you found it.


Memory trick:
de - scry

de reminds of discover
scry rhymes with eye
discover by the eye

Listen to Pronunciation: Descry

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